Measuring up to six feet tall, the carriage did not fit inside a taxi so Jordana drove the scooter to school from her Flora Hill home instead.

“We were afraid the add ons wouldn’t hold up over the distance, but they did,” Annette said.

“We had a few people stop to run over the road and tell her how beautiful she looked.

“She manages to touch a lot of people’s hearts.”

Jordana attended the end-of-school celebrations just three weeks after falling victim to severe bursitis – where fluid that lies between tendon and skin or bone becomes inflamed – resulting in a week-long stint in hospital.

Having lived with cerebal palsy all her life, Annette said very little can erode Jordana’s positive outlook on life. The Bendigo teenager will next week sit her end-of-year exams after completing her VCE over three years. She said she hoped to study Information Technology at La Trobe University’s Bendigo campus next year.

“It would mean everything to me to go to university. It will mean I can get a job,” she said.

While students continued the celebrations outside of school last night, it will be straight back to books for many ahead of next week’s written exams.

The VCE exams commenced earlier this month with language oral exams and performance exams held from October 8. Written exams will begin November 1.